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To enable these menu items have an object selected as shown.
Line Color
Changes the color of an already selected line AND chooses the color for the lines drawn from now on.
Note: The word 'Line' applies to both lines and the outlines of the other drawing objects.
Line Thickness
Changes the thickness of an already selected line AND chooses the thickness for the lines drawn from now on.
The Shape Properties box is opened by double clicking on the object. The Outline Weight must be greater than zero for the outline to be seen.
Note: The word 'Line' applies to both lines and the outlines of the other drawing objects.
Fill Color
Changes the fill color of an already selected object AND changes the fill color of all objects you draw from now on.
The Shape Properties box is opened by double clicking on the object. The Filled checkbox must be checked.
Text Font
Sets the default Text Font for text objects added to the GDW.
Group
Shortcut: G
Toolbar: 
and on the Object Menu:
Objects may be grouped together for moving them around the GDW, this is detailed in Selecting, Grouping and Saving drawing objects
Grouped objects may be saved and reused (as GDO files) with the Save Object and Load Object menu commands on the Object Menu
This menu command is only enabled if more than one object on the GDW is selected
UnGroup
Shortcut: U
Toolbar: 
and on the Object Menu:
A previously grouped object may be ungrouped for:
- Editing
- Changing the Dynamic Attributes
- Changing the Color Dynamics
- Adding to Recipe
Select the object and click the UnGroup tool (or choose this menu command)
This menu command is only enabled if a grouped object on the GDW is selected
Align Left/Top/Right/Bottom, Distribute evenly horizontal/vertical and Realign To Grid
If a number of objects on the GDW are selected (but NOT grouped), then these menu commands will align or distribute the objects evenly.
For align, all objects are aligned with the one furthest in the direction specified; for example, if a number of objects are Aligned Left, then it uses the left-most one to align all the others to.
For Distribute, all the selected objects are distributed between the outermost two objects in the selection.
With the exception of Realign to Grid, these sub-menu commands are only enabled if more than one object on the GDW is selected.
The grid size is specified on the View Menu.
Move To Front
Shortcut: Ctrl + (numeric keypad) Plus
Moves the selected object in front of ALL other objects
This menu command is only enabled if an object on the GDW is selected
Objects In Front / Behind others
Move To Back
Shortcut: Ctrl + (numeric keypad) Minus
Moves the selected object behind ALL other objects
This menu command is only enabled if an object on the GDW is selected
Objects In Front / Behind others
Move Forward
Shortcut: (numeric keypad) Plus
Moves the selected object up one layer
This menu command is only enabled if an object on the GDW is selected
Objects In Front / Behind others
Move Back
Shortcut: (numeric keypad) Minus
Moves the selected object back one layer
This menu command is only enabled if an object on the GDW is selected
Objects In Front / Behind others
Save SpecView Object
Graphics made with SpecView's drawing tools can be grouped and saved as GDO's using the Save Object menu command on the Object menu.
The saved GDO's can be re-used (using the Load Object menu command) any number of times in any GDW in any copy of SpecView.
NOTE: Do not include variables (or Trend charts or Bar charts or ActiveX controls or Buttons which use variables) in saved objects
Only a single entity can be saved as a GDO, such as, a single rectangle or a single group.
However, a group can contain 100's or even 1000's of other objects.
These grouped objects can be a combination of SpecView drawing objects (such as rectangles, lines, ellipses, polygons, text) and bitmaps and buttons.
The objects are saved in a file with the extension .gdo (Graphical Display Object)
A GDO can be re-used any number of times on any GDW in any SpecView project.
A GDO file can only be viewed & edited using SpecView.
The default folder to save the object to (and load the object from) is SymbolLibrary in SpecView's installation folder (so typically this would be: C:\SV3\SymbolLibrary). However, GDOs can be saved to & loaded from any folder.
If a variable, a Trend chart, a Bar chart or a Button (which uses variables) is saved as a GDO then the variable's information (including its Dynamic Attributes & Color Dynamics) will be lost when the GDO is re-loaded.
This menu command is only enabled if an object on the GDW is selected.
Load SpecView Object
Loads a previously saved object or grouped object
Once loaded the GDO can be positioned, resized & modified as required.
The default folder to load the object from is the Project folder. Alternatively use C:\SV3\SymbolLibrary\ which contains other GDO objects.
Name
Used for SpecView diagnostic purposes only
This menu command is only enabled if an object on the GDW is selected